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Bug 649484 - Function documentation fails to indicate if a function allows for arbitrarily many arguments
Function documentation fails to indicate if a function allows for arbitrarily...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: Documentation
git master
Other Linux
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Assigned To: Andreas J. Guelzow
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-05-05 17:29 UTC by Andreas J. Guelzow
Modified: 2011-05-06 18:22 UTC
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Description Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-05-05 17:29:30 UTC 
The docs read:
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NPV: net present value

Arguments:
rate: effective interest rate per period
value1: cash flow for period 1
value2: cash flow for period 2

NPV calculates the net present value of a cash flow.

Examples:
npv(10%,100,100,-250) evaluates to ($14).
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The function appears to have 3 arguments but the example has four!
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-05-05 17:32:48 UTC 
There should be an indication that this function in fact allows for an arbitrary number of arguments (cash flows)
Comment 2 Morten Welinder 2011-05-05 17:43:04 UTC 
We clearly known internally: it's a "nodes" function.
Comment 3 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-05-05 18:51:25 UTC 
Out tool tips also show that more arguments are allowed. But the function help browser as well as the html and pdf docs do not show any indication.
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-05-06 08:05:08 UTC 
This has been fixed with respect to the function help browser.
Comment 5 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-05-06 18:22:23 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.